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Guía de Ejercicios Nº 1 Passive Voice PAST PARTICPLE PRACTICE https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-4.html

MY PUNCTUACTION 19/25

PAST PARTICIPLES MAIN VERB FORMS Present: I ask a classmate for directions to the Writing Center. Past: Yesterday I asked my instructor about the assignment. Past Participle: I had asked my study partner to meet me in the library, but he didn’t show up. Present Participle: I was asking where to get a parking permit when I witnessed an accident. PRESENT

PAST

walk decide run go

walked decided ran went

PAST PARTICIPLE (used with have, has, had) walked decided run gone

PRESENT PARTICIPLE (used with am, is, was, were) walking deciding running going

Regular Verbs form the past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to the present form. Two of the verbs in the table above are regular verbs. Write their forms below. walk decide

walked decided

walked decided

Irregular Verbs do NOT form the past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to the present form. Two of the verbs in the table above are irregular verbs. Write their forms below. run go

ran went

run gone

PARTICIPLES DON’T WORK ALONE PARTICIPLES are only a “part” of the verb. They cannot be verbs by themselves. They have to follow a helping verb like has or have. helping verb

past participle

Mario has worked as a cashier at Target for two years. THREE USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE 1) To form verb tenses (with have, had, has) PAST PERFECT TENSE (had + past participle) to show an action happened in the past before another past action. Example: I had applied to UCLA but then decided to enroll at ECC instead. (applied first and later decided )

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (has, have + past participle) to show an action that started in the past and continues to today or an action that’s just happened. Example: I have attended ECC for two semesters. Example: The plane has landed. 2) To make a verb passive (with a form of be: is, am, was, were) In a sentence with a passive verb, the subject receives the action instead of doing it. ACTIVE: The dog bit the boy.

(dog acts by

biting) PASSIVE: The boy was bitten by the dog. bite anyone)

(boy receives the bite, he doesn’t

3) Alone or with a linking verb (LV), to act as an adjective that describes something or someone. Common linking verbs include is, are, was, were, seems, seemed, feels, felt, appears, appeared. Instead of showing action like most verbs, they just link the subject with a word that describes it. participle used alone participle used with linking verb

TROUBLESOME IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLE The irregular past participle is the verb form that gives people the most trouble--even people with college degrees. Since irregular past participles don’t follow any rules, you just have to figure out which ones give you trouble and memorize them as you would if you were learning a foreign language.

TIP

Write the verb forms you need to memorize on 3” x 5” cards to create flashcards. Review these cards whenever you have a few free minutes.

Practice Exercise: Irregular Past Participles Part I Circle the correct past participle form given in parentheses. Example: Dr. Nguyen has (knowed, known) me all my life.

1. Sheila had (brang, brought) her daughter to work a couple of times. 2. The restaurant has always (payed, paid) its employees on Fridays. 3. I felt terrible because I had (forgot, forgotten) all about the surprise party for Robert. 4. Professor James was sure he had (lain, laid) the exams on his desk. 5. Lisa has (went, gone) home already. 6. Lawrence had (drank, drunk) all of his Pepsi before his lunch arrived. 7. The prize-winning essay was (wrote, written) by my brother. 8. The (unshave, unshaven) man had wandered away from an assisted living facility.

Part II In the blank, write the past participle of the base verb given in parentheses. Example: The repairs on my car had cost

(cost)

me $600. 9. Shauna has

(ride, ridden) the bus to school all semester.

10. Although the witness had

sworn (swear) to tell the truth, he lied.

11. We realized at the airport that we had unlocked!

left(leave) our apartment door

12. Janet has done (do) all of her homework for Monday. 13. The tall building was shaken (shake) by the earthquake. 14. He had meant (mean) to mail the letter on his way to work. 15. Jonas had bet (bet) $200 on the losing team.

I.-These are the stages of producing a magazine. Rewrite them in Passive Voice. 1.-Students choose the subject.

The subject is chosen by the students

2.-Someone writes an article about sports.

An article about sports is written by some

3.-Someone reads and checks the article

the article is read an checked by someone

4.-Other students design the page

the page is designed by other students

5.-Another student draws the pictures

the pictures are drawn by another student

6.-The girls take the photographs.

photographs are taken by the girls

7.-They scan the pictures

the pictures are scanned by them

8.-They put the pictures in the pages.

The pictures are put in the pages

9.-They send the disc to the printer.

The disc is sent to the printer

10.-Finally they sell the magazine.

the magazine is finalley sold by them

II.-Change into Passive Voice 1.-People speak Spanish and English in Costa Rica. Spanish and English are spoke in costa rica by people 2.-They sell apples and oranges at the greengrocer’s apples and oranges are sold at the greengroces by them 3.-They make clothes of synthetic fibre. Clothes are made from synthetics fibre by them 4.-We recycle paper paper is recycled by ud 5.-They reuse some electronic parts. Some electronic parts are recurse by them 6.-They throw the rubbish into the right container. The rubbish is thrown into the right container by them III.-Answer these Questions using the Passive Voice. 1.-What’s a chair made of? The chair is made of wood 2.-Where is a magazine printed? A magazine in printed in a printing house 3.-What’s bag made of? A bag is made of fabric 4.-Where is rubbish thrown? The rubbish is thrown into the right container 5.-What is done with electrical parts in good conditions? Electrical parts in good conditions are used to build cars 6.-What things are recycled? Rubbish is recycle

Guía de Ejercicios Nº 1 Passive Voice

I.-Complete the magazine with the correct verb in the Past simple Passive .

Blow

fly

destroy

hit

injure

take

damage

kill

throw

Tornado hits Kentucky On Sunday evening the state of Kentucky in the USA was hit by a huge tornado. Winds in the town of Providence reached over 80 miles an hour. Thirtytwo homes were destroyd and a hundred and fourteen were damaged. Fortunately no one was killed but twelve people were injured Most of these were taken to hospitals near Providence but one man was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Indiana. ‘I’ve never seen such damage,’ said 52-year-old George Schultz. ‘The roof of the local public school Was thrown off and my car was blown ten meteres into the air’. II.-Complete the sentences in Passive past tense. 1.-The famous painting of the Mona Lisa____________________________in 1956 (damage) 2.-In 79 AD, The Roman city of Pompeii____________________________ by a volcanic explosion ( destroy) 3.-The London Eye_________________________________in 1999. ( build ) 4.-Princess Diana________________________________in an accident in 1997 ( kill) 5.-In 1969, the first moon landing _______________________on TV ( see ) 6.-In Ancient Greece, the Olympic flame ______________________________into the Olympic Stadium by a Greek athlete. ( carry) III.-Write questions for the answers. A.-When___________________________?

A.-How__________________________?

B.-In 1956

B.-In a car accident?

A.-How____________________________?

A.-What__________________________?

B.-By a volcanic explosion

B.-The first moon landing.

A.-What____________________________?

A.-When__________________________?

B.-The Olympic flame

B.-In 1999.